Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
55 patents granted to the 11 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Shift4 Payments, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
55
53 utility, 1 design, 1 reissue, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
3
Against 2 in 2024 and 1 in 2023
Applications published
51
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
11
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'11'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
IT methods for management4
Computer technology3
Digital communication1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name11 counted
VENUENEXT, INC. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedShift4 Corporation a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 publishedVenueNext, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
22 publishedMERCHANT LINK, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
6 publishedShift4 Corporation a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
9 publishedRevel Systems, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
4 publishedGlobal Blue Holdings AB a subsidiary
SE, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedShift4 Technology Limited a subsidiary
MT, as the owner printed on each patent
0 publishedGLOBAL BLUE SA a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in CH
1 publishedGLOBAL BLUE SA a subsidiary
CH, as the owner printed on each patent
1 publishedMERCHANT LINK, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
1 publishedNames not counted (1)
Global Blue Holdings AB
Most of its patents print SG; this name counts in SE. 0 granted and 1 published under it are not counted.
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,461,639 | System and method for intelligent accessible graphical user interfaces | Computer technology | Shift4 Technology Limited |
| Aug 12, 2025 | RE50,529 | Electronic authorization system and method | | MERCHANT LINK, LLC |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 12,346,705 | System and method for controlling actions depending on multiple validations | Computer technology | Shift4 Technology Limited |
| Dec 24, 2024 | 12,175,455 | Method and system for enabling merchants to share tokens | IT methods for management | Shift4 Corporation |
| Jan 16, 2024 | 11,875,328 | System and method for secure detokenization | Digital communication | MERCHANT LINK, LLC |
| Dec 5, 2023 | 11,836,704 | Transaction terminal with code scan for payment | IT methods for management | VENUENEXT, INC. |
| Dec 27, 2022 | 11,538,026 | Method and system for enabling merchants to share tokens | IT methods for management | Shift4 Corporation |
| Nov 1, 2022 | 11,488,236 | Symbol-assisted menu selection for transaction terminals | Computer technology | VENUENEXT, INC. |
| Feb 22, 2022 | 11,257,064 | Transaction terminal with code scan for payment | IT methods for management | VENUENEXT, INC. |
| Nov 24, 2020 | 10,846,677 | System and method for secure detokenization | Digital communication | MERCHANT LINK, LLC |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| May 1, 2025 | 2025/0139612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MERCHANTS TO SHARE TOKENS | IT methods for management | Shift4 Corporation |
| May 9, 2024 | 2024/0152895 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE DETOKENIZATION | Digital communication | MERCHANT LINK, LLC |
| Aug 3, 2023 | 2023/0245104 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENABLING MERCHANTS TO SHARE TOKENS | IT methods for management | Shift4 Corporation · patent 12,175,455 granted from it |
| Feb 16, 2023 | 2023/0046935 | SYMBOL-ASSISTED MENU SELECTION FOR TRANSACTION TERMINALS | Computer technology | VenueNext, Inc. |
| Jul 28, 2022 | 2022/0237587 | TRANSACTION TERMINAL WITH CODE SCAN FOR PAYMENT | IT methods for management | VenueNext, Inc. · patent 11,836,704 granted from it |
| Aug 26, 2021 | 2021/0264504 | SYMBOL-ASSISTED MENU SELECTION FOR TRANSACTION TERMINALS | Computer technology | VenueNext, Inc. · patent 11,488,236 granted from it |
| Jun 24, 2021 | 2021/0192491 | TRANSACTION TERMINAL WITH CODE SCAN FOR PAYMENT | IT methods for management | VenueNext, Inc. · patent 11,257,064 granted from it |
| Mar 11, 2021 | 2021/0073772 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE DETOKENIZATION | Digital communication | MERCHANT LINK, LLC · patent 11,875,328 granted from it |
| Jul 23, 2020 | 2020/0234287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UTILIZING AUTHORIZATION FACTOR POOLS | IT methods for management | Shift4 Corporation |
| Jul 16, 2020 | 2020/0226576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURE DETOKENIZATION | Digital communication | MERCHANT LINK, LLC · patent 10,846,677 granted from it |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Digital communication 1 · IT methods for management 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.